A 72-year-old Alamo man was identified by the Solano County Coroner”s Office on Thursday as the bicyclist killed in a hit-and-run accident Wednesday along a popular Winters cycling route.

Dan Taylor suffered fatal injuries after being hit head-on just before 5 p.m. while riding his black BCM roadbike eastbound on Putah Creek Road, about a mile east of Interstate 505. A search for the responsible driver continues, according to investigators with the California Highway Patrol.

An experienced cyclist in his division, officials say Taylor was likely warming up for a timed interval race on the long, straight stretch of roadway, surrounded by orchards, between Winters and Dixon that is a favored course for cyclists.

The suspect vehicle was traveling west at 55 to 60 mph when Taylor was struck, the CHP reported. For unknown reasons, the driver crossed into the eastbound lane, hitting Taylor head-on and throwing him up and over the vehicle and onto the ground in an orchard.

Taylor suffered multiple internal and head injuries as a result of the impact and died at the scene, the CHP said. An autopsy was scheduled to take place Thursday afternoon.

The vehicle continued into the muddy orchard, nearly hitting a tree, before the driver pulled back onto the road and continued driving west, toward Winters, investigators determined.

Despite having no apparent witnesses to the accident, evidence collected at the scene indicates the suspect vehicle is possibly a light-colored SUV.

Before retiring, Taylor was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He had spent nearly every day cycling since retiring about five years ago, said his daughter, Nadia Costa.

“It was his absolute love,” Costa said Thursday. “He was doing something he loved, and I just wish that the person who did this steps forward.”

Taylor is survived by his wife, Glenda, four children and grandchildren.

No arrests have been made in the case and anyone with information related to the collision is urged to contact the California Highway Patrol in Fairfield at 428-2100.

Follow Staff Writer Catherine Mijs at Twitter.com/cmijs. The San Jose Mercury News contributed to this report.